Chapter 6
Baekma-dong.
“Fuhahahaha!”
Baekmachae's fan owner stuck his head above the water and took a deep breath..
His eyes were bloodshot and he coughed up water mixed with snot..
I put my body on the ground of the cave as if I was tired..
“debt stock!”
“what's going on?”
Surimdo, who was on guard, spotted the debtor and hurriedly approached..
It was surprising that the owner of the debt, who had taken a total of fifty and nine people on two warships, returned alone..
“Are you okay?……”
“Get away from me!”
Bu Chae-ju hit Surim-do, who was approaching, with his arm..
“Hehehe!“
Surimdo fell backwards, his nose bleeding..
Buju stood up and screamed towards the inside of Baekma-dong..
“Chaeju! Chaeju! It's a big deal!”
The debtor's voice trembled with fear..
“Sword spirit! It's Geomshin! Sangcheon six seats, the sword spirit is coming.!”
“what? Swordsman?”
Baekmachaeju ran up in surprise..
“What kind of nonsense is that? Why does Geomshin appear here??”
There is no one in the current martial arts world who does not know Geomshin’s nickname..
He is a hero to the political faction and a strong supporter to the Sa faction..
In addition, it was a messenger of death for those who walked Oedo..
The head bondholder was also ordered to run away without hesitation if he meets Joo Seo-cheon..
“I don't know either! However, it suddenly appeared while attacking the upper part of the court.……”
The Baekma creditor heard what happened to the debtor..
‘It's a trap.’
It was deliberately disguised so that it could be attacked..
“You are planning to destroy the Yangtze River channel.!”
Baekmachaeju jumped up from his seat..
Those eyes were shaking with anxiety..
“Except Joo Seo-cheon?”
I was worried that the political and political alliance might be launching a large-scale subjugation..
If that's the case, there's no hope for Baekmachae..
Baekmachaeju was worried about the worst..
“As previously reported, it is only second-class or first-class..”
“……huh? What does that mean? Are you saying there are no allied forces or additional forces??”
“Uh, none..”
“you idiot!”
The threat from Baekma Lenders has been dropped..
“Don’t you know that regardless of whether it is the six seats in the upper world or the six seats in the lower world, you cannot exert proper power if you are on a river? For some reason, I wondered what happened to Joo Seo-cheon and came back alive, but that was the reason.!”
“Ha, but Chaeju. Joo Seo-cheon is a monster who destroyed a ship with a bullet from just a few feet away..”
“That's because it's on the river, you idiot..”
The owner of the white horse looked at the owner of the debt and clicked his tongue as if he was pitiful..
“Even if you can fight outside the surface of the water because you can use the Dongpyeong Dosu, it is impossible to fight below that level..
You won't be able to use a single proper martial art, so why should you be afraid??”
A deep smile spread across Baekmachaeju’s lips..
“Not just one or two, there are over 500 Surimdo in Baekmachae alone..
This is Baekmachae, a watery hell where even absolute experts cannot live unless they are the Dragon King of the Four Seas..
Unless you are dead, you will not be able to come to Baekma-dong..”
The insidious laughter of the head of Baekmachae rang out..
“Even if it's the Sixth Place of Heaven, a kid is still a kid..
There are many new masters of the political faction who were caught off guard and died in vain at my hands without even being able to perform a single martial attack..”
Anxiety and worry disappeared from my eyes and desire flashed..
“maybe this is an opportunity.”
“Opportunity?”
Chaeju-ju was inwardly impressed when he saw Baekma-chaeju..
‘Instead of being scared when I saw the Sword God, I thought it was an opportunity.?’
I felt like tearing my hair off to see what happened to it..
I thought my heart was made of iron.
“okay. It is an opportunity given by the sky, or rather the river..”
Baekmachaeju’s eyes were burning with desire..
“Sangcheon Yukjwa, Baekmachaeju. No, Jeokrim group bond owner!”
From generation to generation, the position of absolute master of martial arts was changed by achieving a feat comparable to that of a god or by taking it away through force..
“He kills Ju Seo-cheon and becomes Jeoknim Chaeju..
Amcheonhoe will be surprised by my power and will treat me appropriately..
Hehehe.”
I was already excited at the thought of receiving a mesmerizingly beautiful woman and alcohol that I couldn't get even with money..
“What are you doing, you people! The Sixth Place of Heaven will be coming soon, but we are not prepared to welcome it in a grand way! Get it now!”
Chaeju's voice rang loudly in Baekma-dong..
“As of today, Baekmachae is the best waterchae in the world.!”
“Wow!”
with a plop!
Baekmachae's Surimdo gave a shout and obtained it..
As many as five hundred Surimdo threw their bodies, the surface of the water shook greatly as if waves were rising..
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Thanks to the guide, I didn’t get lost while coming to Baekma-dong..
It was thanks to the help of the bandits who were scrambling to guide us..
They even kept an eye on each other to make sure no one offended Joo Seocheon..
“It's over there, man.!”
An oddly shaped cliff was visible at the edge of the horizon..
When I raised my eyesight, I saw a cave under the rocky cliff..
Like a stalactite cave, numerous stalactites were visible..
Joo Seo-cheon closed his eyes while standing on the ship..
‘I guess it's not really a lie..’
Blocking vision made other senses sharper.
The scene I was seeing just a moment ago was pictured in my mind, and an invisible image beneath the surface of the water was also created..
I felt that at least hundreds of warriors were lurking with murderous intent..
‘Outnumbered are outnumbered..’
Showing your murderous intent in an ambush without being able to hide it is like saying outright that you will attack here..
The numerical advantage was greatly influenced by environmental factors, but the skill itself was not that great..
I opened one eye and looked far down the river, but I couldn't see a single fish..
With the murderous intent of a group of not one, not two, but three-digit numbers concentrated, there is no way the school of fish will not escape..
“Good work.”
Joo Seocheon kicked off the bow, launched himself, and ran on the water..
It was an equal frequency..
“Huh……”
The bandits rowing on the battleship opened their mouths wide..
The sight of him running casually across the river at a dazzling speed looked like a spirit rather than a human being..
“come!”
At the end of the line of sight, a thin, bald figure shouted above Baekma-dong..
After that, the flow of the river changed..
“dragged into the water……”
Joo Seocheon increased his speed again..
It wasn't like an arrow was being shot, it felt like a shooting star was passing by..
In order to prevent annoying attacks from coming from below, the energy stored in the feet exploded from the Yongcheonhyeol..
Kwaaang!
Every time I took a step, a splash of water came..
“Wow!”
A group of enemies waiting just below the surface was attacked, ready to attack from above at any time..
Crack! Powok!
They were hit on the chin by spray of water like a rainstorm and were blown away, or they couldn't withstand the water pressure and were pushed away..
Meanwhile, Joo Seo-cheon, who had become a shooting star, arrived in front of Baekma-dong in the blink of an eye and kicked the bald man in the abdomen..
“Hehehe!”
The bald head rolled around on the cave floor..
When the bald, thin middle-aged man tried to get up again, Joo Seo-cheon quickly lifted his knee and planted it in his face..
“Keck!”
The bald man fell backwards and was in pain..
My nose bone was broken and blood was flowing from my nose..
Every time I vomited blood from my mouth, my broken tooth would fall out along with bloody saliva..
“Come out, Baekmachaeju!”
Joo Seocheon looked around and shouted..
“……”
But no answer was received.
No, it was strangely quiet..
‘what?’
Joo Seocheon was nervous for the first time..
When I strained my eyes, I could see the inside of the cave, which was endlessly dark like an abyss, as clear as day..
I thought there might have been another ambush, but I was mistaken..
There was no sign of anything.
“Baekmachaeju!”
I screamed again, but it only echoed, filling the interior of the stalactite cave, and there was no response..
‘Could it be a trap??’
Since I suffered so much from Amcheonhoe, I wondered if Baekmachae had prepared something to beat the player..
However, contrary to my worries, a truly unexpected result was waiting for me..
“excuse me……”
Joo Seocheon turned around when he heard a voice coming from behind him..
In front of the cave entrance, I saw a familiar face..
“huh? You were like that earlier……”
He was a debtor who ran away with all his might as soon as he heard his name..
“Oh, it's there.”
“It's there?”
Joo Seocheon frowned and tilted his head..
The white horse fan owner was overwhelmed by the look in his eyes and was surprised, but then gathered courage and spoke in a trembling voice..
“Cha, the White Horse Chaeju you are looking for is him. Daehyup.”
“……?”
Joo Seocheon followed the gaze of Baekma Fanju..
Right next to me was a bald man holding his nose and holding his head..
“who are you?”
“Yes, it is Baekmachaeju. Daehyup.”
Baekmachaeju answered with half of her face swollen..
“I'm sorry for kicking you without even talking to you..
You were standing alone in the cave, so I noticed you so much that I attacked you without even realizing it. Honestly, I thought he was a lackey..”
“No, that could be true. It's all my fault.”
Baekmachaeju bowed and bowed..
Turn back time and it happened about a moment ago..
Baekma Chaeju stationed five hundred of his subordinates nearby and waited for Ju Seo-cheon..
I was planning on attacking from underneath the water..
He was alone in fear of a separate attack from outside, so he decided to look around in the cave and give orders..
If you think tactically, it's not a bad idea..
Even if the additional power has not been confirmed, you never know..
It's okay to keep a close eye on it until the end..
Anyway, to get to the front of the cave, you have to go through 500 gun lines, and if it's dangerous, you can just get into the river in front of you..
‘No, it runs faster than the land over some river.?’
A curse almost came out of my throat..
Baekmachaeju is also a top-notch expert..
Since he is the leader of a band of thieves with only eighteen members, he has no choice but to be strong..
However, if an absolute master of the discipline decides to run at full speed, it is impossible to catch up with that speed..
In particular, it is difficult to even follow the movements of Ju Seo-cheon, whose inner strength exceeds the Yangtze River and is like the Great Sea..
Even if you try to pull it in from the surface, you can't get closer because of the gusts coming from your feet, so you can't even slow down..
It wasn't for nothing that White Horse's lender suffered in vain..
“Baekmachaeju.”
“Yes, Daehyeop.”
“There are people imprisoned in the sink?”
“People?”
“Ordinary people or martial people. There must be people who kidnapped you or something..”
Baekmachaeju couldn't answer and kept his mouth shut..
My pupils swam like fish..
Geomseon was known as a thief among thief from his childhood..
He was afraid that he would be angry when he heard about the evil he had done..
When Joo Seo-cheon did not receive an answer from Baekmachaeju, he did not hesitate and put his sword on the back of his hand..
Puuk.
“Wow!!”
Inside Baekma-dong, the screams of Baekma Lenders erupted..
“Baekmachaeju. don't get me wrong.”
Joo Seocheon’s eyes shone coldly..
“I personally think highly of you..
Eighteen lenders are not a position you can rise to with strength alone, so you must be smart too..
Pretending to think about it, you might be thinking about it, but you might be hiding something or confusing me..”
“Oh no! no! there is!
Men use it as errand boys, and women use it as a plaything.……”
Joo Seocheon’s eyebrows twitched..
At the same time, Baekmachaeju’s thumb was cut off..
“Argh! Really, really! It's not a lie!”
“know.”
Joo Seocheon answered calmly..
‘What, what……’
Baekmachaeju was horrified by Joo Seo-cheon's answer..
‘This is not a negotiation or anything like that. It's a threat.’
I heard that the enemy has no mercy, but I didn't know it would be to this extent..
“Okay, then from now on, have your subordinates free every single person trapped inside..”
“No, of course!”
“good night. Then, in the meantime, you have something to talk about with me... … Are you familiar with the entire Jeoknim eighteen quarters, or more precisely, the Suro nine quarters??”
“……”
“answer.”
Suddenly!
“Wow... … I know! I know!
Oh, I also know a little bit about Amcheonhoe.!”
“Good answer. It's great that you betrayed the Amcheonhoe for the sake of peace in the martial arts world. You are the best watercolor in the world.”
Joo Seocheon smiled coldly..
Surimguchae and Baekmachae were destroyed..
“I surrender! Please just save me, Daehyeop.!”
Baekmachaeju is the only 18 expert among the 18 Jeoknimchaeju..
Everyone was shocked to see him suffer in vain..
Above all, who was the person responsible for destroying it?.
He was an absolute master of Sangcheon, the pinnacle of martial arts..
It shined like a shooting star regardless of whether it was underwater, but the figure running on the surface of the water did not look human at all..
Also, when he heard what happened to the colleague who guided Joo Seo-cheon to Baekmachae, he even trembled in fear..
“okay. I'll save your life, so do as I tell you..”
The first thing to do was to rescue the people imprisoned in Baekmachae..
“her……”
I was angry when I saw people coming out from inside Baekmachae, a den of enemies..
“How many people is this??”
Even at a rough estimate, there were about two hundred people..
They were diverse, regardless of gender and age, from children to the elderly..
The one thing they had in common was the fear on their faces..
It didn't look that good either..
“The creditor ordered everything.!”
The owner of the White Horse Fan hurriedly said as he saw Joo Seo-cheon's face slowly hardening..
“This bastard……”
The White Horse Lender trembled when he saw the White Horse Lender..
“Well, you evil bastard! Is that wrong?!”
The white horse fan snorted humming..
Loyalty between thieves only appears in novels..
“This bitch……”
“If you raise your voice needlessly one more time, your fingers will fly off..”
“……”
Lenders and debtors remained silent..
Joo Seo-cheon had a conversation with a person who seemed to be the representative of about two hundred hostages..
“Rest assured, I am not here to harm you, but to save you. My name is Ju Seo-cheon..”
“Joo Seocheon… … ? Are you talking about Ju Seocheon Daehyeop, the swordsman??”
“yes.”
“hurray!”
After confirming their names once again, the group of hostages hugged each other and cheered before they felt relieved..
This was very welcome news for someone who was trapped waiting for the day to die every day..
“Do you know anything about Baekmachae??”
“Since we were also trapped, we don't know much about it.……”
“it's okay. Please tell me everything you know.”
Joo Seocheon does not believe in mere numbers..
In order to survive, you can tell as many lies as you want..
I needed another opinion to prepare for an unexpected situation..
“We are people kidnapped from different places..
Starting from places like Uichang, where the Yangtze River was their home, there are also people who came from other regions' mountains and rivers..”
“somewhere else?”
“Yes. I heard that if there is a shortage of manpower or toys elsewhere, they will send it to you upon request..”
“Huh, really.”
Joo Seocheon frowned..
I was angry inside, but I was cautious because there were still anxious hostages in front of me..
“Thanks for talking. Thank you for your hard work..”
“Hey there, Daehyup. What happens to us??”
“We will do our best to help each of you go home..
Also, don't worry, we'll cover your travel expenses as well..”
Joo Seo-cheon handed the bag containing a mixture of gold and silver characters into the hands of the representative..
“Well, thank you for saving me, but this……!”
“Please think of it as compensation for your hardships and damages, and do not feel burdened..
If you are gathered by hometown or destination, we will cover not only travel expenses but also compensation for damage to each representative there..”
Joo Seo-cheon kicked the butts of Baekma Fanju and his bandits and ordered them to bring back their wealth..
“Select a few able-bodied people and send them to a nearby village to inform the Government Association or the Geumwisangdan of their location. If you give me my name and this letter, I will know..”
After briefly writing down the circumstances so far, I wrote down the passwords for the political alliance and the Murim Alliance..
After the confidential documents and codes were reorganized due to the party name, I had heard about it separately from the soldier Zhuge Sang..
“Thank you thank you!‘
The people who had been detained, including the CEO, shed tears as they expressed their sincere gratitude to Joo Seo-cheon..
“Oh, and you don't have to worry about reporting to government offices as we, the Federation of Government Affairs and Government, will take care of it..”
It is customary for martial arts and government officials not to touch each other..
However, there is an exception, like the case of Nokryongchae just before, it was the case of a thief who attacked a large number of ordinary people..
“As you all know, the wealth that was distributed was looted from all over the place by Baekmachae..
If the government knows that it is stolen property whose owner is not clear, it may be confiscated..”
“All right!”
Handing over Baekmachae to the government forces is a matter of later..
I had work to do before that..
Ju Seo-cheon took care to ensure that the people who were being held could rest comfortably, and then imprisoned all of the bandits..
It was a moment when the position with the hostages changed in an instant..
Joo Seo-cheon singled out Baekmachaeju, Baekmachaeju, and a few other enemies to check if the answers were true..
Needless to say, it was for interrogation..
“Baekmachaeju. You probably know what I want to say..”
”No, of course.”
Baekma Chaeju trembled and touched the bandage that covered the cut off part of his finger..
“Former owner of Jeoklim Group, please start talking about Meng Kang after his death..”
As Joo Seo-cheon heard about the history of Jeoknim 18-chae from Baekmachaeju, he also learned about Hong Harang, the current head bondholder..
‘Annoying.……’
Jeoklim Seongchaeju, Hong Harang.
‘Jeokrim is a place where the law of the fittest applies just as much as Magyo..
It goes without saying that he is a martial artist, and as I heard, he seems to have extraordinary intelligence... … An annoying person has joined the Amcheonhoe..’
Ju Seo-cheon also investigated Hong Harang after the Jeoknim 18-chae became an issue..
It was similar to what I heard from Baekma Chaeju..
The only difference was that I was able to know the situation in more detail..
Maeng Gang is Maeng Gang, but Hong Harang is also Hong Harang..
“How much do you know about Amcheonhoe??”
“that is……”
Baekmachaeju was a person who had a lot of regrets about life, and he answered sincerely when asked..
‘It's not that great information. Well, not too long ago, he would have been at loggerheads with the general creditor, but if you told him something important, he would have been suspicious..’
Just in case, I asked Baekma Fan owners and some pirates, but the answers I got back were similar..
I tried to glare at him, wondering if he was lying, but I only trembled in fear, thinking that this was all he really was..
It didn't seem like anything could be saved anymore..
I could have gotten something else instead.
“Is this information authentic??”
Joo Seocheon asked while holding the map handed to him..
“Yes, that's right. The marked areas are hiding places and transportation routes used by Baekmachae and some Surimguchae..”
The white horse debtor forced a smile with a face that was half fearful and half servile..
I felt a strong will to live.
“good. I like it.”
“Hehehe, thank you!”
As Joo Seo-cheon smiled with satisfaction, Baekma Fanju’s complexion also brightened..
“We… … What happens now??”
Baekmachaeju just looked at me and asked carefully..
“Danjeon will be abolished.”
“yes?”
The voices of Chaeju and Debtju created harmony..
For a martial artist, Danjeon is another heart..
If Danjeon is abolished, not only will you not be able to use martial arts, but you will also have a problem with your energy and will not be able to use much of your strength for a while..
“As promised, I won't kill you..
Don't worry, I'm just giving it to the people who have been locked up for a while..”
“Ooh, funny……”
The owner of the White Horse was about to get up from his seat..
The face was horribly distorted from anger..
Powok!
“Hehehe!”
Joo Seo-cheon's toe got stuck under the belly button of the white horse fan owner..
“Why did you think that your past sins would be forgiven just by cooperating??”
Those eyes looking down at the enemy were extremely cold..
“Wake up, thief.”
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